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  • Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:05:16 +0000: Law in Action - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    This website is no longer being updated. Find out more about current programmes, explore the archive and download the podcast on the Radio 4 website.
  • Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:35:59 +0000: Phone taps and terrorism trials - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Joshua Rozenburg asks why GCHQ's lawyers oppose using intercept evidence in court at terrorism trials.
  • Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:30:13 +0000: Military justice system reforms - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Do revelations about the misconduct of British soldiers in Iraq mean military justice needs reform?
  • Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:23:20 +0000: 'Failing mental health' - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Clive Coleman visits the mental health court pilot in Brighton and takes a wider look at Mental Health Treatment orders.
  • Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:45 +0000: 'Too much criminal legislation' - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald says Parliament should 'back off' and leave criminal justice alone
  • Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:45:09 +0000: Lord Chief Justice - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Lord Igor Judge gives his first interview since taking up the post last year. He and Clive Coleman discuss sentencing and access to justice in the civil courts.
  • Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:09 +0000: Freedom of Information - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    The Act was supposed to create a new age of openness in government, forcing all public bodies to disclose information to anyone who asked. But how has it really been used over the last five years?
  • Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:15:24 +0000: Irish redress scheme - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    People who were abused as children in schools run by Catholic religious orders may get justice.
  • Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:33:22 +0000: Joint enterprise - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    How can you convict someone of murder when there is no evidence as to who inflicted the fatal wound?
  • Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:59:15 +0000: Body ownership - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    BBC Law in Action examines the legal complexities of who owns your body - you or the state?
  • Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:53 +0000: Too young to be a criminal? - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Law in Action returns to ask at what age should children be held criminally responsible
  • Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:47:01 +0000: Trusting the young - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    How police are tackling the roots of gun and knife crime by creating a new generation of young black leaders
  • Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:41:06 +0000: Mosley v UK - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Law In Action speaks to Max Mosley about his determination to see a radical overhaul of UK privacy laws
  • Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:02:07 +0000: Jailhouse revolution - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Signs of change for the world’s largest prison system as America starts to reform its “universities of crime”
  • Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:42:25 +0000: A world without lawyers? - BBC News | Programmes | Law in Action | UK Edition
    Tougher competition and new technology promise radical change for both the legal profession and for consumers

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